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"Lily Meets Rojo" by Senor Rojo (quickie) 7, 7, 8
"Lily Meets Rojo" by Senor Rojo (senor_rojo@Bigfoot.com). Guest review by Kim. The author's stories are archived at ftp://ftp.asstr.ml.org/pub/Authors/sr_rojo/index.html. Hey, a short story to review for a change. Lily, a young Chinese woman, meets Juan Rojo in an elevator after a hard day's work at COMDEX. A quick exchange of pleasantries and wham, they're back in Lily's hotel room getting much better acquainted. A bout of oral sex later and they're both fast asleep. And, erm, that's it! Senor Rojo has a pretty odd way with words, it has to be said, veering from fascinating to tortuous. I get the feeling that English is not his first language. As such it's pretty damn good. A whole lot better than my Japanese is anyway. But for all that, there are quite a few typos, and grammatical mistakes, or just plain odd phrasing. None of which bothered me unduly, as it's such a short piece. I'd be a lot more pained had the story been a long one. Plot-wise it's virtually non-existent. But again, in such a short piece it's near impossible to establish one of any meaning. An interesting story then, but maybe not for all the reasons the author intended. Comments on this review to Ghost@nym.alias.net Ratings for "Lily Meets Rojo" Athena (technical quality): 7 (Fascinating, but wayward) Venus (plot & character): 7 (Nearly impossible to do much, in so short a space) Kim (appeal to reviewer): 8 (I kinda liked it, but maybe for the wrong reasons) |